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Sarah_thefatmom
Sarah_thefatmom Posts: 30
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Ok so I am new to dieting and am going grocery shopping later and need ideas!! What are some good snacks to get? Also some good breakfast and lunch foods?

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  • apedeb09
    apedeb09 Posts: 805 Member
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    Snacks:
    string cheese
    apples or whatever fruit you like
    fat free vanilla yogurt
    fat free cottage cheese
    vegetables (i really like snacking on sugar snap peas)
    crackers
    almonds

    For lunch and dinner ideas, I suggest going to www.skinnytaste.com ...That is the main site I use (and alot of other people on this site use it too) for food ideas. It has really delicious recipes on there and each recipe tells you how many calories and how much a serving is. :)
  • Sarah_thefatmom
    Sarah_thefatmom Posts: 30
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    awesome, thank you!
  • fromfattytohealthy
    fromfattytohealthy Posts: 60 Member
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    I love the Planter's Nut-Trition Wholesome Mix (it has a lot of almonds, some cashews and some macadamias). I usually have an ounce or two with an apple to crave any sweet and salty craving I'm having. Plain, Greek yogurt is good blended with some fruit. Salt free rice cakes with peanut butter and raisins.

    A protein and a fiber at every meal is good for you, so look out for that stuff. Fiber One bread with a lean meat and some veggies for lunch. Or some oatmeal and a yogurt for breakfast would be a good plan :smile: And they're delicious.

    Just find out what your favorite foods are and go with the healthy alternative. Like, I love jalapeno poppers, so I make them with low fat cream cheese and turkey bacon, and do half a pepper instead of a whole one for a popper.
  • charisma103
    charisma103 Posts: 37
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    Below is a list of items I like to buy for snacks:

    Fruit:
    Pineapple
    Watermelon
    Cantelope
    Grapes
    Apples
    Oranges
    Peaches
    Bananas

    Veggies:
    Baby Carrots
    Broccoli
    Cucumbers
    Celery

    Dips/Condiments:
    Hummus
    Stubbs BBQ Sauce (most bottles have 25-30 calories per 2 TBSP serving)
    Peanut Butter or any other nut butter
    Sugar Free Jelly
    Sugar Free Pancake Syrup

    Snackity Snacks:
    Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches
    Greek Yogurt (Oikos, Fage, or Chobani)
    Fiber 1 Bars
    Special K Cracker Chips
    Kashi 7 Grain Crackers
    Swiss Miss Diet Hot Chocolate (25 Calories per packet)
    Redi Whip Fat Free

    Cereal:
    Fiber 1 Original
    Kashi Go Lean
    Oatmeal

    Milk (Skim, 1%, Almond, or Soy Milk)

    Pasta/Grains:
    Whole Wheat Spagehtti
    Brown Rice
    Quinoa

    Bread:
    Sandwich Thins
    Low Cal Wraps or Pitas
    100 Calorie English Muffins (Thomas or Fiber 1)
    Sarah Lee 45 Calorie Bread

    Deli Meat:
    Oscar Meyer (6 Slices of Deli meat for 45 calories)

    Those are just a few ideas, hope that helps!
  • kmard81
    kmard81 Posts: 212 Member
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    saving for later, great list :)
  • leenie96
    leenie96 Posts: 65
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    Greek yogurt
    Almond butter
    Zucchini (you can make it a million ways!)
    Olive oil
    Almond milk
    Whole carrots
    Any and all fruits
    Eggs (major protein source)
    Lean meats
    Avocado (you can use it as a mayo substitute in meals like tuna salad)
    Sweet potatoes

    Pretty much anything that you can buy on the outer areas of a grocery stores, these foods tend to be fresh and non-processed

    Good luck :)
  • Sarah_thefatmom
    Sarah_thefatmom Posts: 30
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    Below is a list of items I like to buy for snacks:

    Fruit:
    Pineapple
    Watermelon
    Cantelope
    Grapes
    Apples
    Oranges
    Peaches
    Bananas

    Veggies:
    Baby Carrots
    Broccoli
    Cucumbers
    Celery

    Dips/Condiments:
    Hummus
    Stubbs BBQ Sauce (most bottles have 25-30 calories per 2 TBSP serving)
    Peanut Butter or any other nut butter
    Sugar Free Jelly
    Sugar Free Pancake Syrup

    Snackity Snacks:
    Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwiches
    Greek Yogurt (Oikos, Fage, or Chobani)
    Fiber 1 Bars
    Special K Cracker Chips
    Kashi 7 Grain Crackers
    Swiss Miss Diet Hot Chocolate (25 Calories per packet)
    Redi Whip Fat Free

    Cereal:
    Fiber 1 Original
    Kashi Go Lean
    Oatmeal

    Milk (Skim, 1%, Almond, or Soy Milk)

    Pasta/Grains:
    Whole Wheat Spagehtti
    Brown Rice
    Quinoa

    Bread:
    Sandwich Thins
    Low Cal Wraps or Pitas
    100 Calorie English Muffins (Thomas or Fiber 1)
    Sarah Lee 45 Calorie Bread

    Deli Meat:
    Oscar Meyer (6 Slices of Deli meat for 45 calories)

    Those are just a few ideas, hope that helps!

    That is an awesome list thank you so much!
  • babaldwin
    babaldwin Posts: 4
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    Thanks for all of these amazing ideas! I love to combine grapes, any sort of melon, banannas, apples, and oranges for a great fruit salad....I put low fat whipped cream on it for a great desert....High protein hummus with homemade pita chips are also a great snack....(you can back a whole grain, low fat tortilla).....Also snapped peas are great, and low fat skim string cheese wrapped in a lean deli meat....DELISH!!! Good luck:)
  • mjsunshine16
    mjsunshine16 Posts: 251 Member
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    well they listed all my ideas. LOL Have fun shopping
  • NoahandPresleysMom
    NoahandPresleysMom Posts: 763 Member
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    Ok so I am new to dieting and am going grocery shopping later and need ideas!! What are some good snacks to get? Also some good breakfast and lunch foods?

    well, i just made my gocery ist, so heres some major lit of ideas LOL

    Snacks:
    Babybel light cheese rounds(find in the deli area)
    String cheese(light
    Greek yogurt
    fruits and veggis you love
    Hummus
    Fat fre cottage cheese
    Sugar free jell-o
    Jif to go peanut butter for fruits n veggies ad to add to protein shakes
    Pretzels
    fat free pringles
    Pia chips
    omemade kale chips(message me if yud like he recipe!)
    100 cal bag popcorn
    90% cacoa bar pieces
    premade 100 cal bag snacks
    reduecd fat graham crackers



    breakfast-english muffin with egg and low fat turkey sausage or morningstar farm sausage
    fruit and yogurtparfait with granola(look for low fat like special K)
    Special K cereal
    almond or soy milk in place cows


    lunch-
    hungry girl wrapswith turkey or chicken and lettuce or spinach, tomato, avacdo and fat free mayo
    veggie saladmix, add avacado and a hard boiled egg wih fat free dressing of choice
    tuna salad and reduced fat club crackers with a siple slad or a id of graps or melon
    smart ones or lean cuisine meals

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